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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report
Animalia (kingdom) »
Porifera (phylum)
» Demospongiae (class)
» Poecilosclerida (order)
» Acarnidae (family)
CAAB Code :
10 065013
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Scientific Name and Authority :
Iophon nigricans
(Bowerbank, 1858)
Rank : Species
CAAB category :
10 -
Porifera Sponges
Family :
10 65 Acarnidae (sponges) - show full list
Common Name : [a sponge]
Organism Type : a sponge
Synonyms :
Iophon pattersoni
Iophon scandens
Iophonopsis nigricans
Taxon lists :
Current Australian list:
Species not on current Australian list, but occuring in adjacent region:
Commercial species list:
Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat :
Marine unspecified
Parent Codes :
10 065906
Iophon spp.
Identifiers :
WoRMS
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:132971
Name status: accepted
Checked on: 2016-05-11
View at WoRMS - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS)
(report and map of occurrences )
Record source :
Hooper, J.N.A. Wiedenmayer, F., 1994, Zoological catalogue of Australia. Volume 12. Porifera . CSIRO, Melbourne
Scientific Name verified against :
World Porifera Database.